Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) easily advanced to the third round of the US Open tennis championship, defeating Britain’s Jodie Burrage by 2-0 (6:3, 6:2). The Australian Open champion converted three of her four breakpoints during the 74-minute match.
Aryna Sabalenka will become No 1 in the world rankings if she reaches a higher stage of the tournament that the current leader Iga Swiatek (Poland). In the next round, Aryna Sabalenka will play against Clara Burel (France), who eliminated Karolína Pliskova (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:2).
The American tennis player Madison Keys also continues in the next phase of the tournament, after beating Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:2).
Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) also reached the third round at Flushing Meadows after defeating Martina Trevisan (Italy) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:2).
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) defeated Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:3). Another Russian also continues in the third round of the US Open – Liudmila Samsonova, who eliminated Tamara Korpatsch (Germany) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:3).
Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) defeated Eva Lys (Germany) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:2) and in the next round will face Qinwen Zheng (China), who eliminated Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) by 2-1 (6:2, 3:6, 6:2).